Adding a Property that Maps to a Site Term

After you create a site term, you can add it to a profile definition. Site terms provide an easy way for you to standardize the values that are used throughout your site. After you create your site terms, you can set up a profile definition to include the site terms so you can later target an advertisement to those site users that match the profile definition. For information about site terms, see Site Terms.

You must have access to the Profiles modules to make changes to site terms, profile definitions, and profiles. For information about Business Desk permissions, see About Business Desk Security.

To add a site term to a profile definition

1. In Profiles, click Profile Definition Designer.

2. In the Profiles screen, select the profile definition that contains the property you want to edit, and then click on the toolbar.

3. In the Profile: <profile definition> screen, in the Properties list, select the property to which you want to add the site term, and then click Add.

   Note

   • If the property is not visible in the Properties list, expand the property group that contains the property to which you want to add the site term, and then select the property.

4. In the Add dialog box, select Add a new property, and then click OK.

5. In the Attributes section, do the following:

   Use this	To do this
   Name	Type a programmatic name for the property. The name can contain a maximum of 128 alphanumeric characters and the underscore (_) symbol. The name cannot contain spaces.
   Display name	Type a display name for the property. The display name can contain a maximum of 128 characters.
   Description	Type a description for the property.
   Type	Select SiteTerm from the Type drop-down list.
   Type reference	Click the ellipsis button to open the Site Term Selection dialog box.

6. In the SiteTermSelection dialog box, in the SelectaSiteTerm list, expand the site term group that contains the site term you want to add to the property definition, and then select the site term. For information about creating a site term, see Creating a Site Term.

7. Click OK.

8. In the Advanced Attributes section, do the following:

   Do this	To do this
   Active	Specify whether the new property is Active or Inactive.
   Map to data	Click the button to open the Data Source Picker dialog box. In the Data Source Picker dialog box, select the data member for the property. The data members available for the property are the data members that are not already used in the profile definition you are editing. Properties that are being used by the profile definition are unavailable. If you do not map the property to a data member, the property will not be stored in a database, but will be available in memory, for example to store state information while a user is visiting your Web site.

9. Click Apply to apply the new site term to the profile definition and display it in the Properties list.

10. To save the edited profile definition and return to the Profiles screen, click on the toolbar.

The profile definition is saved. You must publish profile definition changes on your Web site. For information about publishing your changes, see Publishing Profile Definition Changes on Your Web Site.

See Also

Creating a Site Term

Adding Properties to a Profile Definition

Editing Profile Properties

Editing Site Terms

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